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manaradastra 's review for:
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
Never expected that while reading a modern classic horror story I would find this fair amount of romanticism, expressing the downside of attempting to play god while touching topics of grief, remorse, forgiveness, and occasionally shedding the light on human relationships of love and friendships.
The narrative and linguistics encourage you to get lost in the narrative. Whatever Frankestein felt, you understood and felt as well. That being the creator and the monster itself.
This story is much more than the story of a man-made creature that we grew accustomed to from movies or old tales. This story is more of a take on human potential; How far can our minds take us? If all was possible, how far would we allow ourselves to go? As much as grief and despair can crush us, what is it that keeps us grounded and holding on to this dear life?.
Frankestein is more than a green creature speaking slurred words and killing people as he was portrayed in all of our lives. He's a desperate creature always seeking his creator hoping he'll answer questions that he thought he should rightfully know: “Why am I here? What is my purpose? Why did you let me down?". Oh, if only it was that easy.
Some say it's a metaphor for us, as humans. That the remorse that Frankestein felt towards his creation is how disappointed 'god' is after he sees how evil man has become with all his sins. That like god, our universe was created just due to the fact that it could be. I don't believe the remorse about the sins part because Mary Shelley's background was actually irreligious while writing Frankestein. However, the latter could be possible for the same reason and for the backlash she received after publishing it, it was pretty clear and easy to conclude that Frankestein played and possibly portrayed god.
I'm not always a fan of letter narration but this one was done so perfectly that it was hardly a problem.
Safe to say, it has become one of my favorite classic and perhaps one of my favorite books of all-time
The narrative and linguistics encourage you to get lost in the narrative. Whatever Frankestein felt, you understood and felt as well. That being the creator and the monster itself.
This story is much more than the story of a man-made creature that we grew accustomed to from movies or old tales. This story is more of a take on human potential; How far can our minds take us? If all was possible, how far would we allow ourselves to go? As much as grief and despair can crush us, what is it that keeps us grounded and holding on to this dear life?.
Frankestein is more than a green creature speaking slurred words and killing people as he was portrayed in all of our lives. He's a desperate creature always seeking his creator hoping he'll answer questions that he thought he should rightfully know: “Why am I here? What is my purpose? Why did you let me down?". Oh, if only it was that easy.
Some say it's a metaphor for us, as humans. That the remorse that Frankestein felt towards his creation is how disappointed 'god' is after he sees how evil man has become with all his sins. That like god, our universe was created just due to the fact that it could be. I don't believe the remorse about the sins part because Mary Shelley's background was actually irreligious while writing Frankestein. However, the latter could be possible for the same reason and for the backlash she received after publishing it, it was pretty clear and easy to conclude that Frankestein played and possibly portrayed god.
I'm not always a fan of letter narration but this one was done so perfectly that it was hardly a problem.
Safe to say, it has become one of my favorite classic and perhaps one of my favorite books of all-time